One for the Eurovision irregulars here. Hardcaore fandom will already know about Ms Vikman from her previous appearance in Finland's UMK, where she was swathed in pink latex and flanked by two dancing bears singing about an Italian porn actress. The first 14 seconds alone were better than almost anything you can imagine. At that point she was best known in Finland as the ex-partner of a local pensioner pop star who purportedly dumped her for being too old. But since then she's carved out a career pumping out left-handed smut fests and techno filth. And of course we're here for it.
And while we were only slightly whelmed upon our first listen, the live performance piled on the bump 'n' grind, and it ended up a complete no-brainer to send this to the big show. Looking every bit like the living embodiment of when you ask an eight-year-old boy to draw a sexy lady, she does unspeakable things to a mic stand throughout, before its massive Carry On Up The Smut pay off at the end.
It is, in short, a cracker, and the chorus alone is an immense monument to Finnish song shapes. Of course she's got her detractors (and you have no idea how hard it was not to go full Sid James on that last sentence clause), but heck, when a song's as anthemic as this, well you can't really go wrong. As the old boy Wogan may have said, it's one for the Dads. But can you imagine a whole arena pumping its fist and chanting the song's title? It's going to be a beautiful moment.
Saw the recorded video for this and doubted she'd be able to hit the big notes in a live performance, but she did and how. Throwing a few quid on this being a winner this year and I can't wait to see what shape or form this appears in at the final contest
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